Scholars have theorized about whether or not Freyja and the goddess Frigg ultimately stem from a single goddess common among the Germanic peoples ; about her connection to the valkyries, female battlefield choosers of the slain ; and her relation to other goddesses and figures in Germanic mythology, including the thrice-burnt and thrice-reborn Gullveig / Heiðr, the goddesses Gefjon, Skaði, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa, Menglöð, and the 1st century BCE " Isis " of the Suebi.

The English term Friday derives from the Anglo-Saxon name for Frigg, Frige.

Old Norse Frigg ( genitive Friggjar ), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frig are derived from Common Germanic Frijjō.

The goddess Saga, who was described as drinking with Odin from golden cups in her hall " Sunken Benches ," may be Frigg by a different name.

Frigg, his mother, here takes an oath from all things, which includes disease, poisons, the elements, objects and all living beings that none will harm Baldr.

Frigg responded that nothing could harm Baldr, as she had taken oaths from all things.

After the gods gathered their wits from the immense shock and grief of Baldr's death, Frigg asked the Æsir who amongst them wished " to gain all of her love and favor " by riding the road to Hel.

But his queen Frigg, desiring to go forth more beautified, called smiths, and had the gold stripped from the statue.

Finally, there is an argument that Frigg and Freyja are similar goddesses from different pantheons who were first conflated into each other and then later seen as separate goddesses again ( see also Frige ).

An English charter from 936 AD displays the name Frigedune, which means " Valley of Frig ," thus implying that Friden in Derbyshire is named after Frigg.

" Davidson adds that " yet this is not the impression given in the account of Hermod's ride to Hel later in Gylfaginning ( 49 )" and points out that here Hel " with authority as ruler of the underworld " and that from her realm " gifts are sent back to Frigg and Fulla by Balder's wife Nanna as from a friendly kingdom.

According to the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, the goddess Frigg made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for the mistletoe which she found too young to demand an oath from.

The Winnili were fewer in number and Gambara sought help from Frea ( the goddess Frigg ), who advised that all Winnili women should tie their hair in front of their faces like beards and march in line with their husbands.

Frigg responds that if there was a boy like her now-deceased son Baldr in the hall, Loki would not be able to escape from the wrath of the gods.

The Germanic gods Woden, Frigg, Tiw, and Thunor, who are attested to in every Germanic tradition, were worshipped in Wessex, Sussex, and Essex, and they are the only ones directly attested to, though the names of the third and fourth months ( March and April ) of the Old English calendar bear the names Hrethmonath and Eosturmonath, meaning " month of Hretha " and " month of Ēostre ", it is presumed from the names of two goddesses who were worshipped around that season.

# The eighth is Lofn, who is kind and good to those who call upon her, and she has permission from Alfather or Frigg to bring together men and women, no matter what difficulties may stand in the way ; therefore " love " is so called from her name, and also that which is much loved by men.

# The twelfth is Hlin, who guards those men whom Frigg wants to protect from any danger.

The name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning the " day of Frigg ", a result of an old convention equivocating the Old English goddess Frige with the Roman goddess Venus, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures.

High tells Gangleri ( earlier in the book described as King Gylfi in disguise ) that Hlín " is given the function of protecting people whom Frigg wishes to save from some danger.

Frigg was unable to get an oath from mistletoe, because " it seemed too young " to demand an oath from.

The disguised Loki asks if nothing can hurt Baldr, and Frigg reveals that only mistletoe can, for it seemed to her too young to demand an oath from.

After the gods gathered their wits from the immense shock and grief of Baldr's death, Frigg asked the Æsir who amongst them wished " to gain all of her love and favor " by riding the road to Hel.

Like the name of the group of gods to which Freyja belongs, the Vanir, the name Freyja is not attested outside of Scandinavia, as opposed to the name of the goddess Frigg, who is attested as a goddess common among all Germanic peoples, and whose name is reconstructed as Proto-Germanic * Frijjō.

Among the visions which the Völva sees and describes in the prophecy known as the Völuspá is one of the fatal mistletoe, the birth of Váli and the weeping of Frigg ( stanzas 31-33 ).

Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit prīyā ́ which means " wife.

The woman asked Frigg if all things had indeed promised not to hurt Baldr, to which Frigg reveals that:

The same story is referenced in one stanza of the poem, Lokasenna, in which Loki insults Frigg by accusing her of infidelity with Odin's brothers:

But still Frigg preferred the splendour of her own apparel to the divine honours of her husband, and submitted herself to the embraces of one of her servants ; and it was by this man's device she broke down the image, and turned to the service of her private wantonness that gold which had been devoted to public idolatry.

# Frigg is the first ; she possesses the right lordly dwelling which is called Fensaler.

If they did not, Grundy says, the question of explaining the relationship between Freyja and Óðr becomes central, which has been one of the strongest points made in favor of the descent of Frigg and Freyja from a common goddess.

* The power of prophecy is attributed to Frigg, which seems more properly related to the seid ( magic or divination ) of Freyja.

This identification makes sense in light of the History of the Lombards and the Second Merseburg Charm, which prove a knowledge and a veneration of Frigg in the same area in the centuries before the Frau Holle legend came to be recorded.

The connection with and possible earlier identification of Freyja with Frigg in the Proto-Germanic period ( Frigg and Freyja origin hypothesis ) is a matter of scholarly debate.

In verse, after Loki has flyted with the goddess Frigg, Freyja interjects, telling Loki that he is insane for dredging up his terrible deeds, and that Frigg knows the fate of everyone, though she does not tell it.

Frigg was a goddess associated with married women.

While Hermóðr rides to Hel, Frigg arrives at the cremation with Odin, Hugin and Munin, and the Valkyries.

After a long journey, Hermóðr arrives in Hel, meets with Hel and pleads for the return of Baldr on behalf of Frigg.

" Along with other gifts ," only two gifts are specifically mentioned: a white linen robe for Frigg and a golden ring for Fulla.

At home, Frigg went with a certain Mith-Othin and took over Odin's properties, until Odin came back and drove them away.

There is also an argument that Frigg and Freyja are part of a triad of goddesses ( together with a third goddess such as Hnoss or Iðunn ) associated with the different ages of womankind.

The areas of influence of Frigg and Freyja do not quite match up with the areas of influence often seen in other goddess triads.

# The sixth is Freyja, who is ranked with Frigg.

In the prose introduction to the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, Frigg makes a wager with her husband — the god Odin — over the hospitality of their human patrons.

In Norse mythology, Hlín ( Old Norse " protectress ") is a goddess associated with the goddess Frigg.

In chapter 49, High describes that when Odin and his wife Frigg arrived at the funeral of their slain son Baldr, with them came the valkyries and also Odin's ravens.